The Narrow Way: Embracing Self-Denial for True Love of God – Aug 24 – Homily – Fr Bernard
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Fr Bernard M. Salter gives the homily from Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford, MA, for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Aug 24, 2025), on Christ's teaching that the way to salvation is narrow, emphasizing that true love for God requires self-denial and a constant effort to prioritize His will over our own desires. It calls for a generous commitment to prayer and sacrifice, following the example of the Blessed Mother, to secure our eternal salvation and aid our neighbor's.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday
Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/082425.cfm
1st: isa 66:18-21
Resp: psa 117:1, 2
2nd: heb 12:5-7, 11-13
Gsp: luk 13:22-30
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